Singing in the Rain

I haven't really had anything to blog about lately. Since my last update was on a snow storm, I think that it is only appropriate to discuss the rain storm we had last night!

Last night/early morning was very interesting! James and I had come home after a great weekend with my family. We were over at Dennis and Susan's house visiting Kristen. Kristen and I even made a yummy cake. Well, after the Oscars were over everyone decided to go to bed. I had to be up early because I had to study for an exam, so James and I decided to spend the night.

After about an hour and a half of sleep, I woke up to the sound of the tornado siren! I knew it had been raining and thundering a little, but I didn't know how bad it had gotten. Since I was only half awake, I remember thinking, "If there's really a tornado, I will hear it first. I'm not going to go in the bathroom until I hear it." What dumb thinking!! I rolled over, and the siren stopped. Five minutes later it went off again. I then realized it was serious, so Kristen and I ventured to wake James up. He wasn't very happy, but he understood what was going on. Eventually the weather appeared to calm down, but we soon realized that the tornado siren was the least of our worries!

When everything had calmed down, I ventured over to the door to take a look outside. I saw that the street was now a river!! Earlier that day all of the snow had melted, and it had rained all evening. The water was slowly creeping towards the garage door and the house. It was very scary! We decided to move the cars closer to the garage because the water was getting deep. I put on Kristen's rain boots, and I ventured over to my car. The boots went up to my knees, and water was starting to get in them by my car door. I began to freak out. I need my car, and I could tell that if the water got much deeper my car would have some serious water damage. It was also about three in the morning, and I had an exam today! I could tell it wasn't going to be a good day. We were able to move every car except mine because the exhaust was under water. James said that he wished that he had a kayak; I'm glad that it didn't come to that!!!!

Once we realized that the water had stopped advancing towards us, we decided to try and get some sleep. I woke up at 8 o'clock, and I emailed my teachers the situation. I hoped that they would be understanding, which they were. I'm going to take my exam on Thursday. When the water went down, I went to my car to investigate the damage. I opened the door, and there was miraculously no water!! Nothing was ruined. Susan's studio was still intact. Everyone was okay. If the water had come any closer, it would have been in the garage. God demonstrated his mercy towards us!!

Snow Everywhere!

This past week Muncie received a lot of snow and ice! Even though it was quite bad outside, none of my classes got cancelled, which I'm used to. My high school was notorious for never canceling school; I don't remember having any snow days. The only thing I do recall is that we received a two-hour delay when there were eight inches of snow on the ground. Ironically, my school was closed Tuesday-Friday this week. The snow didn't prevent anything; it was very hard to get the layer of ice off of the windshield (which James did. Bless him). Sunny didn't like the ice too much. She adores snow; she tends to try to eat it! She didn't like the insecure feeling of walking on the slippery ice, and she looked pretty funny trying to do it.

Nothing else has really occurred lately. I got a good grade on my first exam. My grandparents bought me Singin' in the Rain!!! It's one of my favorite movies, so I've been watching it all of the time. That's about all for now!

Something Wicked This Way Comes

For the past two to three weeks the Londt apartment has been filled with Harry Potter!! James successfully read all seven of the books in a swift amount of time, which is not an easy task. I began reading the books in the fourth grade, and I had to wait for each new book to come out. James was very fortunate to have them at his disposal because I have them! I'm not for sure what inspired this random interest in the series, but James completely immersed himself in it.

Usually I'm the one that requests being left alone because I'm at a good part in a book. Wherever we have gone in the past two weeks, James has brought the book he was reading with him; he has also been enjoying the movies. James has to wait for the last movie to come out though, and he's pretty excited (I am too!!). We have to wait until July 15, which is also Cole's third birthday!